Anyone in my position with a soul would be. “I have two younger brothers to keep calm in the wake of all this, a country to run, and six boys downstairs waiting for me to offer one of them my hand.” Coddly swallowed, and I felt only the tiniest bit of guilt for the satisfaction it brought me. “My mother is in a bed with tubes down her throat, my twin is now on a different continent, and my father is holding himself together by a thread.” I strode around the opposite side of the table, my eyes trained on Coddly.
“I’m going to assume that you aren’t implying by that statement that I’m actually being too female about this. I stood, my chair screeching behind me as I moved. “Don’t you think you’re being too emotional about this?” We will not fight.”Ĭoddly lowered his chin and squinted. “A war would add unnecessary strain to an already stressful moment and would cause an upheaval between us and the country we are now bound to by marriage. Though she tried to be discreet, I saw Lady Brice purse her lips together, clearly determined not to laugh. There’s no one here who outranks me at the moment, and you are easily replaceable.” “You’re fired.”Ĭoddly laughed, looking at the other gentlemen at the table. There was a beat of silence after his voice stopped echoing around the room, and the entire table sat motionless. “No one will take you seriously if you do not act decisively.”
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